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Feniks   
30 Nov 2024
Off-Topic / A VERY CHRISTMASSY FORUM - IDEAS FOR CHRISTMAS THREADS [156]

a nice way to decorate homes with them on a string or the posher ones on a mantelpiece.

That brings back memories. Plus the ubiquitous paper chains. Feeling a bit nostalgic.

The round robins must have bypassed me completely. Never heard of them!

Such a meeting sufficed to wish sb nice Christmas.

That is my understanding. Most Poles I know would only send a card to people far away and would consider it a pointless exercise to give them to people they see often.
Feniks   
24 Nov 2024
Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [699]

Plus Alien, Lena and a few others. I have nothing against if hyenas stay away

Maf and Jon contribute more often than the others and I'd like them to carry on doing so or this thread really will die a death. They're not hyenas and I'm tired of all the arguments.
Feniks   
24 Nov 2024
Life / Owning a house in true countryside of Poland - stories [692]

they only hunt for fun, without eating their prey.

I've not known cats to eat their prey but I know they will definitely kill it if they can. My last cat was such a good hunter I had to put a collar on her with lots of bells attached. She kept bringing birds that she'd killed into the house. She also decimated the slow worm population in my garden :(

How is it that I read your whole long post with pleasure while I am not able to do it with other posters` lengthy production/output

You can do it with others too but I notice that you will ask the posters you have fallen out with to summarise their posts.
Feniks   
23 Nov 2024
Life / Owning a house in true countryside of Poland - stories [692]

I only guess so that a cat which devours a poison-terminated mouse might get poisoned in result.

Very likely. Modern rat poisons are anti-coagulants and as such the rats will bleed to death. It is a slow death too. The poison can stay in the body for months and will get higher up the food chain as rat predators such as foxes and birds etc will get secondary poisoning from ingestion.

I didn't want to use poison but the final straw was finding one in the kitchen. Came back from serving dinner and it was there looking at me before it bolted and ran.

No success after two days. Yet.

Mine has been months now. To start with rats are neophobic. They don't like new things and your cage trap is the equivalent of a big red flag for the rat. Secondly, they are very good at detecting human scent. You should have used gloves when setting the cage up, preferably rubbed in soil too.

suddenly realised rodents don`t need compost refuse cos they can easily feed on nuts

They might just prefer your compost. There is no food whatsoever in my garden but I still had a problem. I learned years ago that I couldn't have bird feeders and now the pond has gone so they don't have a water supply. It got so bad at one point that what I thought were frolicking squirrels in my flower beds turned out to be rats :(

Had to remove all plant pots as they were using them to hide behind in their exploration of the garden. Now my garden just looks dead but the sewer repairs and pond removal seems to have done the trick.

Best of luck!
Feniks   
23 Nov 2024
Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [699]

Say it in your own words. :):):)

Now you're being childish. I said what I had to say about this in post 116. If maf is right then he should take the credit.

I would just like the insults to stop and carry on with what is an interesting thread. At this rate I will be the only one participating :(:(
Feniks   
20 Nov 2024
Life / Owning a house in true countryside of Poland - stories [692]

I wonder how the rat will respond.

Rats are clever and might not take the bait. I had a problem with rats in the garden a while back. They had dug up around the manhole cover where the sewer is.
I put traps out but they ignored them completely. Six months later the bait is still untouched.

In the end someone come in to repair around the sewer and also take out the pond. Haven't seen any since but behind where I live is lots of undergrowth from being beside a railway line so rats and other wildlife are common. I've had badgers and foxes in the garden too.

This is fekking war and I have no mercy.

Remove all food if possible.
Feniks   
17 Nov 2024
Off-Topic / Music Thread - part 2 [857]

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Feniks   
17 Nov 2024
Life / Polish Music. [298]

we can safely say that this thread is now dead and buried.

Why do you keep saying this? Just because it's not posted in every day doesn't mean there's no interest.

A couple from Artur Rojek who used to be the vocalist and guitarist in Polish band Myslovitz.

Artur Rojek - Bez końca



Artur Rojek - Odrobinę więcej


Feniks   
14 Nov 2024
Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [699]

I feel in my fingers I feel it in my toes....

That's from a song ' Love is all around' by the Troggs. It's been covered many times. The saying 'I feel it in my bones' is an English one as far as I'm aware.

Here`s your pain, city slicker!!!!

Not much idea about this one.
Feniks   
14 Nov 2024
Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [699]

What exactly and why in bones???

All I know is that it means to have a strong feeling about something. Intuition if you like. You haven't given any context as to what.

The saying comes from the notion that people with arthritis. rheumatism etc could feel pain in their bones before the onset of cold and rain, a predictor of a change in the weather.
Feniks   
14 Nov 2024
Off-Topic / Music Thread - part 2 [857]

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Feniks   
2 Nov 2024
Off-Topic / Music Thread - part 2 [857]

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Feniks   
2 Nov 2024
Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [699]

ignore his input and continue guessing. :):):)

If he guesses correctly I can't do that or I'll be taking the credit for his answers which wouldn't be right.

he's got a silly grudge against me for some reason

Really? I'm surprised. To be honest I've lost track of who is and isn't ignoring each other. Novi periodically bores us to death with his ignore list and at the rate he's going he'll be in an echo chamber before long.

to do sth from skylark to frog.

From early in the morning till late at night? Dawn to dusk so to speak.
Feniks   
2 Nov 2024
Life / Mishmash facts about Poland and Poles [182]

I got used to the cold pretty quickly but I wasn't prepared for the dark. It took a few winters before I adapted to that.

I'm not surprised coming from somewhere hot. I've never really adapted to either. I feel like I was born in the wrong country. The clocks only went back last weekend but it feels forever ago. Still getting used to cooking the evening meal with it being dark outside :(

Give me Florida!!!

I had a lovely classroom, very big

I have visions of it being extremely tidy with everything in its place with lots of little personal items on your desk. Chocolate in your desk drawer and nice stationery :)
Did you ever play the piano?
Feniks   
2 Nov 2024
Feedback / Who deserves to inherit Polish Forums? [344]

Now all users (including unlogged) may bookmark their favorite topics

Now I do like this :) Saves so much time searching if a thread hasn't been posted in for a while. :)